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Aden Indian Bns 1897 and 1898
I am interested to learn what Indian Infantry battalions were sent to Aden in 1897 and also in 1898. Can anyone help please?
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There was a small unit 'native to the colony, used for what were euphemistically called 'anti-bandit' activities, though I suspect there were real bandits, smugglers and raiders as well as tribesmen who simply didn't take to British rule.
"The Aden Troop was created in 1855 to police the territory which was technically only 80 square miles but had a vast hinterland of 9000 miles of desert and mountain known as the Aden Protectorate. Its chiefs were nominally under the control of a political resident who was also the military commander. The Aden troop was recruited from members of Scinde Horse and Poona Horse with an Arab Levy to act as guides. It later substituted its horses for camels and it was generally involved in patrolling against bandits. The troop was later used in Somaliland and existed until its disbandment in 1927." https://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/aden.htm I'm not sure what other troops if any would have been there in '97-'98. Was there something happening then which might have required reinforcements? |
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Thank you Peter for taking time to reply. There were Indian troops in Aden from early times, but I think that they only started regularly sending battalions from:
1882-1883 22 Bombay Inf. 1884-1885 4 Bombay Rifles. 1886-1887 9 Bombay Inf. 1888-1889 3 Bombay Light Inf. 1890-1891 17 Bombay Inf. 1892-1893 16 Bombay Inf. 1894-1896 13 Bombay Inf. 1897 1898 1899 10 Bombay Light Inf. 1900 5 Bombay Inf. 1901 1 Grenadier Bombay Inf. This continued up until about 1928 As you can see there are a couple of gaps. BRgds Quicksilver |
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I wasn't much help then. Sorry! Wasn't sure how much you already had.
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Tku Peter. Just tidying up my second edition of THE ARMED FORCES OF ADEN and the PROTECTORATE. I am preparing it for a third edition for early 2021 which will be within the Middle East @ War series.
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